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Topic Lesson 5: //**Elisa's Diary**//

Common Core Standards RL5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. RL5.2 Determine the theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text. W5.3b Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations. W5.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose and audience. W5.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing and rewriting.

Suggested Student Objectives 1. Students will make inferences and identify the theme of a story. 2. Students will write a fictional narrative.

Suggested Additional Readings Literary Texts
 * __ Esperanza Rising, __ by Pam Munoz Ryan
 * __ Hatchet, __ by Gary Paulsen
 * __ Number the Stars, __ by Lois Lowry
 * __ Stone Fox, __ by John Reynolds Gardner

Resource Links
 * Video: __Stone Fox__
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Activities
 * ** Your Turn **, Student Book, page 133. Students will work with a partner and choose one of the activities: "Share Your Talents" or "Show the Flag."

Assessments 1. Practice Workbook, pages 49-50 2. Writing Rubric 1-4, see TE T345 and R18 3. Weekly Test, 5.4-5.5

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